Railway-signal.



No. 877,385. PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

W. N. THOMPSON. RAILWAY SIGNAL. APPLICATION FILED 001*. 15,1906.

WIHHIUIIIL UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER THOHPSONLOF 'iUosoN, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

.RAILWAY-SIGNAL.

n 877,385, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 21, 19 08. 7 v i 7 Application filed October 15. 1906. Serial No. 338-918- F i To all whom it may concern: 7 plurality of signals, targets or disks, which. l. I

.Be it known that'I, WALTER N. THOMP- differ one from the otherboth in form-and soN, a citizen of the United States, and a color,.and in this way largely tend to.eli'miv, resident'of Tucsn,'in the .county of Pima nate the danger ofmisreading the isignals and Territory of Arizona, have invented c'erwhen a train is moving rapidly; thus, l emtain newand useful improvements in Rail: ploy a red square which will distinguishi'roi'n way-Signals, of which the following is a full, a green cross in both form and color. lt wi clear, and exact description. be understood that the choiceof thefior ii T his invention relates to railway signals, and colors of the signals is entirely arbitr y yfit' and is especially useful in connectionwith and will depend upon the signal systeiiisin f devices of this character designed to be vogue.

- mounted upon a railway locomotive. .iteferring more-particularly to the draw- 5:

The primary object of my invention is to ings, big. 1 shows a locomotive A, having provide a railway signal which is simple and a pair of signals of my invention mounteddurable in construction, andinexpensiveto thereon. The signals may be mounted upo manufacture, which is provided with a proany portion of the locomotive which is suiteg. tective case and which may berotated into able for the purpose, and are supported in a; an inoperative positionwhen notinuse. base orstandardai. K A further object of my invention is to proi provide a case B of sheet metal or other 75 vide a device of this character in .which the suitablematerial, which is adapted to prosignals are characterized and distinguished videvaghousing for the signal disks- The case, one from the other both in form and color. I B has; a narrow elongated portion 0 rising The invention-consists in the construction from'th'e base a, and anenlarged upper pore and combination of parts to be more fully detion U Extendinglaterally from the upper 80 scribed hereinafter and particularly'pointed portion 0 is a curved guideway c. The sig- I out in the claims. v 1 I nal disksDa'resecured rigidly upon standards" In the accompanying drawings forming 1) which are pivotally mounted by means of part of this specification, and in which like a pin d within the case, the lower end of the reference letters indicate correspoiiding'parts, standards being pivoted within the lower 30 I have illustrated one form of device emend of the part U of the case. The enlarged bodying the principle of my invention, upper portion 0 of the case receives the sigalthough the samemay'be carried into effect nal targets or disksD and completely inin other ways without in the least departing closes the same when they are not in service. from the spirit thereof, and in these fdraw- The upper end of each disk has a notch 2 into 35 ings v which a spring catch e drops to lock the disk Figure 1 is a front elevation of a railway in position. The spring catch e is located in locomotive provided with signalsof my inthe guideway c and is adapted to drop into vention; Fig. 2 is a front. elevation of my inthe notch 6 when the signal is laterally dis vention showing a signal disk or target in op placed from within the case. 40 erative position; Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 'The signal may be provided with any suit- 2; Fig. 4 is atop plan view of the apparatus able number of standards thick disks, which with a signal dis-played Fig. 5 is aview'taken :may be mounted upon a single pivot pin in on line 55 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction the lower end of the case. The guideway c of the arrows; Fig. 6 is an.end view of the divided into' a number of channels or 45' signal case with the signals'remo ved. grooves corresponding to the number of sig- My invention may be applied to railwayor nals by parting webs c suitably secured other trains, or it may be used wherever sig within the guideway. Mounted upon the upnals of this character are employed. at the per portion of the case is a series of spring present time. It is especially useful when catches if having laterally disposed fingers 50 mounted upon the forward part of a' locomoe which are adapted to pass through a suitable tive to take the place of .fiags or ordinary opening in the case and engage with the disks now provided for the purpose; andin" notchesto hold the signal disks within the this case it may be used, for instance, to indi casing. 1- A series of similar catches e engage 'cate that a second section of the train is folthe same notches in the signal disks to hold 5 lowing the first. them in set position when they are laterally In carrying out my invention 1 provide a, displayed from the case.

The base a has an upturned extension at which receives a vertical pivot a atv the lower end of the casing. An opening I) approximately s uare is provided in the extension at and be ow this opening is a round socket which receives the pivot a By reference to Fig. 6 it Will be observed that the lower end I of the signal case is round at the lower end and square above to fit in the above described socket. When the si nal is not in use and it IS desired to change t e position of thecase,

' the signal case is raised until the square portion is disengaged from the holder and the case can beturned'so that it is located in an edge-on position with reference to. the direction ofmotion of the locomotive, the pivot.

a set back in the socket and the casing is v held firmly in position.

I'claim:

1. A railway signal, comprising a case adapted to be pivotally mounted upon a locomotive and having a lateral opening and a guideway projecting laterally therefrom, a standard mounted in said case and having a signal disk, said disk being adapted tomove in said guideway when displaced from the 2. A railway signal comprising a case mounted upon a locomotive and having a lateral opening and a plurality of guides projecting laterally therefrom a plurality of signal disks differing one from the other in form and color. pivotally mounted in said and having a lateral .openin case, said disks being adapted to be laterally displaced through said opening and being adapted to move in said guides, means for holding said disks in said case, and meansfor holding said disks in a set position.

3. -A railway signal, comprising a case adapted to be mounted upon a locomotive member projecting laterally t ierefrom, said member having a plurality of guide grooves,

one edgethereof, said disk being pivotally mounted in said case, a catch .upon said case adapted to engage with said notch to hold said standard Within said case, and a catch upon said guideway adapted to engage with said notch to hold said standard in set position.

In Witness whereof I have signed this specification in the'presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WALTER N. THOMPSON. Witnesses H. E. CREPIN, FRANK L. CULIN.

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